While NASA and the Air Force still dominate federal spending on space activities, the growing importance of public-private partnerships and the explosion of business-to-business space commerce are creating an o...

Since China launched its Shenzhou-11 manned crewed spacecraft to dock with the Tiangong-2 space lab, speculation about where China’s space program is heading has only grown.Various Chinese officials have be...

The commercial space industry hopes the administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump pursues regulatory reforms and continues existing efforts to support the industry’s growth.
A panel at the Spacecom c...

The surprising election of U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump touched off numerous presuppositions about the future of international diplomacy and the foreign policy of the United States.
The topic of space ...

Throughout the 2016 campaign, I told people I didn’t think the election outcome would make a huge difference for NASA. I knew the people involved on both sides and we had similar views on several major aspects ...

At the time of publication, there were conflicting reports on whether or when there will be a NASA transition team and, if so, how many individuals will compose such a team. On the assumption that some sort of ...

In the days since Donald Trump’s election, there’s been intense speculation about what a Trump administration will do about space.
Policy statements issued by the Trump campaign ahead of the election provided ...

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The value of the non-cash impairment charge UrtheCast is taking on the two Earth-observation cameras mounted on the International Space Station’s Russian segment. UrtheCast sai...

A long line outside the cinema is a sign of a popular film…
But when it comes to offering global satellite internet connectivity with hundreds, even thousands, of satellites, those with long memories could ask...